Reply #92: if the pick doesn't have anything to do with the direction....

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...why not hold a lottery?

or why not include the left?

the article is wrong and stupid. it is an attack on the left wing of the democratic party, and progressive independents, which as a poster upstream points out, is really the american center. seems the only safe target in america anymore is the "left". and that's because it is the only political entity with any real and lasting solution to our problems. and that is because it is the only political entity that will actually threaten the entrenched power and corruption of our government.